Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo’s Titan Arum, “Morticia,” is currently blooming, but “Wee Stinky” is already well on the path to creating wee “Wee Stinky” plants. Professor Karl J. Niklas, an evolutionary biologist in the Department of Plant Biology, visited the plant just yesterday and reports that the beautiful red fruits now seen on the spadix are full of growing seeds. The seeds will take approximately two more months to mature until it is possible to get them to germinate. The Department of Plant Biology is beginning to contact possible institutions who are interested in receiving plants or seeds.
